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mobilehoosier said:
Langford ‘s coat makes the statement. The Hoosier nation statement. Enough said. Kid played hurt all year and still lead team in scoring.

Proud of him.
Go Hoosiers!
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For me, I will remember Romeo for the grace, maturity and dignity that he handled all of the critics who wanted to label him a disappointment and even a flop. He played hurt, did whatever he could to help the team, and I never heard him complain or use his injury as an excuse.
 
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A few made false claims that Archie used injuries as an excuse for the team's performance. Another example of why that is wrong is that nobody, including Romeo, made excuses about his injury as a factor in his shooting ability or ball handling. I am sure it had some effect and could have been used as an excuse. There were vague references to an injury but it was never explained as being something he played with all year.

If Romeo had wanted to secure his draft status , he could have received treatment and missed some if not all the year. He has areas to improve at the NBA level but he will be successful.
 
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ORG said:
For me, I will remember Romeo for the grace, maturity and dignity that he handled all of the critics who wanted to label him a disappointment and even a flop. He played hurt, did whatever he could to help the team, and I never heard him complain or use his injury as an excuse.
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He's a good kid. I'm glad he's at least not bitter about his IU experience. But my lasting memory will be how passive he was and how the team went in the tank.
 
The coat thing kind of reminds me of how LeBron checks out OSU games sometimes because that is where he would have played had he gone to college. A true Buckeye.
 
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mushroomgod_1 said:
He's a good kid. I'm glad he's at least not bitter about his IU experience. But my lasting memory will be how passive he was and how the team went in the tank.
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Losing 12 in a row will be remembered by us fans. I'm not sure if we won a game in January. Romeo is not the only one who will be remembered for it. It's a team game. I love Morgan but he was part of the team too. Years from now we will forget Fitzner's name and will say, "Remember that tall kid from St Marys who we thought was going to hit 3's but couldn't throw it in the ocean."
 
I would hope IU would be smart enough to understand that small gesture by a Lottery pick in the NBA draft, was huge for IU, but most of all. Huge for Miller in recruiting. People bitch about these young men leaving after a year. Cant get to know them. Didnt win big during the year he was here blah blah blah. Just selfish. So a kid who clearly loves IU and his coach, leaves to be a lottery pick and live his dream. Is bad for IU?
You cant get to know the young man while he lives his dream, but still reps your school? Or does he have to be living your dream and staying at your school missing his chance, before you will consider him part of the family and support him? Everything i had read. It shocked me that he wanted IU and its fans part of the biggest night of his life. He played at IU. Clearly had a good experience and loves the school. Going forward you want him returning and repping the school. But most of all. You want him feeling it from the fans. The better he is in the NBA. And more fans who continue following him and supporting him as a IU bball family member. The more other great young players will notice. Things have changed. Archie should of been their with him and his family. Thats something young talent is looking for. Today its a give and take. Not like in the past. Not saying its better or worse. Just saying Langford doing that simple gesture helps more then some of you care to know.
 
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CHAPDAV3 said:
I would hope IU would be smart enough to understand that small gesture by a Lottery pick in the NBA draft, was huge for IU, but most of all. Huge for Miller in recruiting. People bitch about these young men leaving after a year. Cant get to know them. Didnt win big during the year he was here blah blah blah. Just selfish. So a kid who clearly loves IU and his coach, leaves to be a lottery pick and live his dream. Is bad for IU?
You cant get to know the young man while he lives his dream, but still reps your school? Or does he have to be living your dream and staying at your school missing his chance, before you will consider him part of the family and support him? Everything i had read. It shocked me that he wanted IU and its fans part of the biggest night of his life. He played at IU. Clearly had a good experience and loves the school. Going forward you want him returning and repping the school. But most of all. You want him feeling it from the fans. The better he is in the NBA. And more fans who continue following him and supporting him as a IU bball family member. The more other great young players will notice. Things have changed. Archie should of been their with him and his family. Thats something young talent is looking for. Today its a give and take. Not like in the past. Not saying its better or worse. Just saying Langford doing that simple gesture helps more then some of you care to know.
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Nope. The kind of players IU needs to win games includes being dedicated to being a student athlete and having the work ethic to be a winner. A flash in the pan doesn't help recruit those players.

I want IU coaches to walk away from kids with dollar signs in their eyes and instead recruit players who are interested in winning at Indiana University.

"My goal is to win a national championship". Or maybe just lose a ton of games then leave for greener pastures.
 
TR32 said:
Nope. The kind of players IU needs to win games includes being dedicated to being a student athlete and having the work ethic to be a winner. A flash in the pan doesn't help recruit those players.

I want IU coaches to walk away from kids with dollar signs in their eyes and instead recruit players who are interested in winning at Indiana University.

"My goal is to win a national championship". Or maybe just lose a ton of games then leave for greener pastures.
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You dont think a kid that has talent and a chance to leave early. Dosent want to win a NC? You think these kids are not also good students? Wow. You made my point. This old thinking that top talent with goals that do not include being in school for four years, cant be coached and cant play team ball is wrong. IU will continue being the fourth best bball school in their own state thinking and recruiting like that. Kids come in and in a short period of time can do great things. Once they leave. They can still contribute to the program and help it grow. Good luck finding ten Jimmy Chipwoods.
 
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You dont think a kid that has talent and a chance to leave early. Dosent want to win a NC? You think these kids are not also good students? Wow. You made my point. This old thinking that top talent with goals that do not include being in school for four years, cant be coached and cant play team ball is wrong. IU will continue being the fourth best bball school in their own state thinking and recruiting like that. Kids come in and in a short period of time can do great things. Once they leave. They can still contribute to the program and help it grow. Good luck finding ten Jimmy Chipwoods.
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True - some praise the Joey Brunks, while bashing Romeo Langford...
 
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A few made false claims that Archie used injuries as an excuse for the team's performance. Another example of why that is wrong is that nobody, including Romeo, made no excuses about his injury as a factor in his shooting ability or ball handling. I am sure it had some effect and could have been used as an excuse. There were vague references to an injury but it was never explained as being something he played with all year.

If Romeo had wanted to secure his draft status , he could have received treatment and missed some if not all the year. He has areas to improve at the NBA level but he will be successful.
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Darius Garland played 5 games and got drafted 5th. Romeo could have sat out after the thumb injury and likely would have been drafted higher than 14th.

Kid deserves all the credit in the world. It was a damn shame he had to go to college in the first place.
 
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You dont think a kid that has talent and a chance to leave early. Dosent want to win a NC? You think these kids are not also good students? Wow. You made my point. This old thinking that top talent with goals that do not include being in school for four years, cant be coached and cant play team ball is wrong. IU will continue being the fourth best bball school in their own state thinking and recruiting like that. Kids come in and in a short period of time can do great things. Once they leave. They can still contribute to the program and help it grow. Good luck finding ten Jimmy Chipwoods.
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Hyme guest sting you did that. With oral typing soft wear.

Spelling.
Then punctuation.
Then NBA.

Jimmy Chitwood hates this post.













For the record, I think guys should go pro whenever they think they can, and can come back if they don’t get signed.

Let schools have 16 scholarships and an active roster/travel squad of 12. Mix. Match. Save one to give to a returning NBA reject. Move a guy from the 4 inactives to active if a guy gets hurt. Hell, switch active roster from week to week, if you wanna go big or small or let Joe Newbie play against Sisters of the Poor ti get experience for the tourney run. Whatever.

And I think they should get 6 to play until they get an undergraduate degree, or maybe NCAA eligibility should be people 18-23.
 
VanPastorMan said:
Losing 12 in a row will be remembered by us fans. I'm not sure if we won a game in January. Romeo is not the only one who will be remembered for it. It's a team game. I love Morgan but he was part of the team too. Years from now we will forget Fitzner's name and will say, "Remember that tall kid from St Marys who we thought was going to hit 3's but couldn't throw it in the ocean."
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Wow, that's negative.
 
VanPastorMan said:
It's reality. We were a bad team last year. But this doesn't mean we will be bad forever. I will always root as I did last year. I never stopped rooting for the Hoosiers.
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Intelligent people concern themselves with concept and thoughts. Average people talk about events past, present and future. Dumb people talk about other people. Morons talk about themselves. Please quit being a moron, this isn't twitter or facebook, no one cares what you feel.
 
Tasmanian Devil said:
Darius Garland played 5 games and got drafted 5th. Romeo could have sat out after the thumb injury and likely would have been drafted higher than 14th.

Kid deserves all the credit in the world. It was a damn shame he had to go to college in the first place.
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Ridiculous. How many accolades and handouts can an 18 yr old get without actually producing results?
 
CHAPDAV3 said:
I would hope IU would be smart enough to understand that small gesture by a Lottery pick in the NBA draft, was huge for IU, but most of all. Huge for Miller in recruiting. People bitch about these young men leaving after a year. Cant get to know them. Didnt win big during the year he was here blah blah blah. Just selfish. So a kid who clearly loves IU and his coach, leaves to be a lottery pick and live his dream. Is bad for IU?
You cant get to know the young man while he lives his dream, but still reps your school? Or does he have to be living your dream and staying at your school missing his chance, before you will consider him part of the family and support him? Everything i had read. It shocked me that he wanted IU and its fans part of the biggest night of his life. He played at IU. Clearly had a good experience and loves the school. Going forward you want him returning and repping the school. But most of all. You want him feeling it from the fans. The better he is in the NBA. And more fans who continue following him and supporting him as a IU bball family member. The more other great young players will notice. Things have changed. Archie should of been their with him and his family. Thats something young talent is looking for. Today its a give and take. Not like in the past. Not saying its better or worse. Just saying Langford doing that simple gesture helps more then some of you care to know.
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I agree with most of this. I am just getting around to to reading this. Not sure if anybody responded but Archie was there at draft night to support Romeo. A lot of people don't understand that the better Romeo does in the draft and NBA then that helps IU in recruiting in the future. Would I have liked for Romeo to play a little bit better last year and for us to make the tourney, of course but its not his fault and he still had a solid year. If he spurned IU and went to UK or Duke then people would be hating on Archie and Romeo.
 
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BigNutsIUFan said:
I agree with most of this. I am just getting around to to reading this. Not sure if anybody responded but Archie was there at draft night to support Romeo. A lot of people don't understand that the better Romeo does in the draft and NBA then that helps IU in recruiting in the future. Would I have liked for Romeo to play a little bit better last year and for us to make the tourney, of course but its not his fault and he still had a solid year. If he spurned IU and went to UK or Duke then people would be hating on Archie and Romeo.
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Maybe some people don't realize that it doesn't help recruiting because IU needs
BigNutsIUFan said:
I agree with most of this. I am just getting around to to reading this. Not sure if anybody responded but Archie was there at draft night to support Romeo. A lot of people don't understand that the better Romeo does in the draft and NBA then that helps IU in recruiting in the future. Would I have liked for Romeo to play a little bit better last year and for us to make the tourney, of course but its not his fault and he still had a solid year. If he spurned IU and went to UK or Duke then people would be hating on Archie and Romeo.
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1.) "One and done" only has a couple more years left.
2.) Recruiting players who will be at IU for more than a year is, and has always been, the goal. Miller sort of had to go after Romeo, all things considered. I won't say he isn't still looking at those players, but I will say he should have enough core guys going forward to not have to so greatly depend on a OAD freshman.
 
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TR32 said:
Maybe some people don't realize that it doesn't help recruiting because IU needs


1.) "One and done" only has a couple more years left.
2.) Recruiting players who will be at IU for more than a year is, and has always been, the goal. Miller sort of had to go after Romeo, all things considered. I won't say he isn't still looking at those players, but I will say he should have enough core guys going forward to not have to so greatly depend on a OAD freshman.
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"The Goal" at IU is to win National Championships.
One and Done
Two and Done
Three and Done
Four and Done
It does not matter!
The goal of every D1 athlete is to be a professional athlete.
When IU has athletes that play in the NBA it helps IU because the kids who dream of playing in the NBA know that IU can get you there and accomplish your life long goal.
IU wins National Championship,
IU athletes play in the NBA.
Win, Win.
 
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TR32 said:
Maybe some people don't realize that it doesn't help recruiting because IU needs


1.) "One and done" only has a couple more years left.
2.) Recruiting players who will be at IU for more than a year is, and has always been, the goal. Miller sort of had to go after Romeo, all things considered. I won't say he isn't still looking at those players, but I will say he should have enough core guys going forward to not have to so greatly depend on a OAD freshman.
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You say this like you think squashing the ond rule will change recruiting on a crazy level. Ya not gonna happen. You guys who keep putting all your eggs in the ond basket. Thinking this huge change will happen in recruiting. The playing field will be level. Lol. Nothing will change. We will not go back to the eighties or nineties. The best of the best will leave. The others will still go to programs with the system to help promote and prepare the kid for the next level. Honestly. Do some of you expect the nutt hugger shorts and two handed FTs to come back? Its like you guys are convining each other once that ond is over. IU will get a fair shake. Because God knows that ond has screwed IU.
 
MyTeamIsOnTheFloor said:
Hyme guest sting you did that. With oral typing soft wear.

Spelling.
Then punctuation.
Then NBA.

Jimmy Chitwood hates this post.


Ya the biggest pricks ive ever met in my life have graded another mans method of posting on a web site. Ughhh basically your a loser who actually notices spelling and other BS on a message board. OK kid. Lets get real. I would Snatch your old lady just from a glance. Your a goof. Most grown men post opinions on sports sites not trying to dot eyes and cross tee. Clearly you got a little of virgina in you. Goof










For the record, I think guys should go pro whenever they think they can, and can come back if they don’t get signed.

Let schools have 16 scholarships and an active roster/travel squad of 12. Mix. Match. Save one to give to a returning NBA reject. Move a guy from the 4 inactives to active if a guy gets hurt. Hell, switch active roster from week to week, if you wanna go big or small or let Joe Newbie play against Sisters of the Poor ti get experience for the tourney run. Whatever.

And I think they should get 6 to play until they get an undergraduate degree, or maybe NCAA eligibility should be people 18-23.
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CHAPDAV3 said:
You say this like you think squashing the ond rule will change recruiting on a crazy level. Ya not gonna happen. You guys who keep putting all your eggs in the ond basket. Thinking this huge change will happen in recruiting. The playing field will be level. Lol. Nothing will change. We will not go back to the eighties or nineties. The best of the best will leave. The others will still go to programs with the system to help promote and prepare the kid for the next level. Honestly. Do some of you expect the nutt hugger shorts and two handed FTs to come back? Its like you guys are convining each other once that ond is over. IU will get a fair shake. Because God knows that ond has screwed IU.
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Id think a lot of guys will play NCAA til realize their potential - then head overseas til NBA eligible- and get 1/2 million or more in the break...
I agree - cant see how choosing a school will change for the 18-19 year old kid
 
ufo33 said:
"The Goal" at IU is to win National Championships.
One and Done
Two and Done
Three and Done
Four and Done
It does not matter!
The goal of every D1 athlete is to be a professional athlete.
When IU has athletes that play in the NBA it helps IU because the kids who dream of playing in the NBA know that IU can get you there and accomplish your life long goal.
IU wins National Championship,
IU athletes play in the NBA.
Win, Win.
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The Calipari Way
 
TR32 said:
Maybe some people don't realize that it doesn't help recruiting because IU needs


1.) "One and done" only has a couple more years left.
2.) Recruiting players who will be at IU for more than a year is, and has always been, the goal. Miller sort of had to go after Romeo, all things considered. I won't say he isn't still looking at those players, but I will say he should have enough core guys going forward to not have to so greatly depend on a OAD freshman.
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You’d be horrendous in sales. You’d give plenty about what someone can do for you without a second of what you can do for them.

Selfish and foolish.
 
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